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Why you don't ever let dealerships do oil changes.

Open the drain plug with the engine cold. Drain off a liter or two into a pan and put the drain plug back in. Check your oil level and top

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Old 04-06-2014, 10:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Open the drain plug with the engine cold. Drain off a liter or two into a pan and put the drain plug back in. Check your oil level and top off as required.
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Open the drain plug with the engine cold. Drain off a liter or two into a pan and put the drain plug back in. Check your oil level and top off as required.


IDZRVIT nailed.


No need to get stressed out of it. Real simple fix.
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Im not sure because I do my own oil changes but, did you expect the dealership to drain your oilcooler as part of the oil change? I can't imagine anyone doing that for you. Sounds like you got a standard oil/ filter change and because you handed him 6 qts thats what he put in.

sorry about your toubles though.
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Im not sure because I do my own oil changes but, did you expect the dealership to drain your oilcooler as part of the oil change? I can't imagine anyone doing that for you. Sounds like you got a standard oil/ filter change and because you handed him 6 qts thats what he put in.

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um no I did not? I simply wanted a standard change, which 6 quarts is what's recommend with the oil cooler. they obviously did not allow all the oil to drain fully before filling new oil in..
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um no I did not? I simply wanted a standard change, which 6 quarts is what's recommend with the oil cooler. they obviously did not allow all the oil to drain fully before filling new oil in..
Nor did they check it after they "finished". Sloppy work.
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My fitting are facing up, which is how they are supposed to according to z1. With them facing downward it will always give you inaccurate readings. I never had a issue before, no matter when I checked my oil. It would always give me the same reading. According to Z1 with this oil cooler, it take about 6 quarts during oil changes, so I can not see how I was at fault for giving them 6 quarts.
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um no I did not? I simply wanted a standard change, which 6 quarts is what's recommend with the oil cooler. they obviously did not allow all the oil to drain fully before filling new oil in..
Sorry, don't blame the dealer, blame yourself.

The FIRST oil change will take 6 quarts, subsequent ones will take a hair over 5, closer to the recommemded 5.125 quarts.


And fittings up means that the 3/4 of a quart that sits in the oil cooler doesn't get changed, which accounts for it not being as clean as normal
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